Benchmarks:SS.7.C.2.4: Evaluate rights contained in the Bill of Rights and other amendments to the Constitution.SS.7.C.3.6: Evaluate Constitutional rights and their impact on individuals and society.SS.7.C.3.7: Analyze the impact of the 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th amendments on participation of minority groups in the American political process.

Task 1: Bill of Rights and Key Amendments Cartoons (or Pic Collage)

Bill of Rights Pic Collage

Directions:
1. Read the "Bill of Rights Summary" file attached to the right.
2. Pick 5 Amendments from the list of ten and create a Pic Collage (OR A CARTOON IN YOUR SPIRAL) with the following:
A. One picture for each amendment you selected.
B. A text caption for each picture with the number of the amendment and a very SHORT description/summary of the amendment. 3. Post your Pic Collage to the classes Padlet Wall. (OR IF DRAWING A CARTOON, TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR CARTOONS WITH THE IPAD AND UPLOAD THEM TO PADLET)

Key Amendments Pic Collage

Directions:1. Read the "Key Amendments Summaries" file attached to the left. 2. Pick 5 Amendments from the list and create a Pic Collage (OR A CARTOON IN YOUR SPIRAL) with the following:A. One picture for each amendment you selected.B. A text caption for each picture with the number of the amendment and a very SHORT description/summary of the amendment.3. Post your Pic Collage to the classes Padlet Wall. (OR IF DRAWING A CARTOON, TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR CARTOONS WITH THE IPAD AND UPLOAD THEM TO PADLET)

Task 3: Issues with Key Amendments

​While the 24th amendment to the Constitution banned poll taxes, a practice aimed at stopping African Americans and poor whites from voting, it said nothing about literacy tests.

Answer the questions below in your spiral:
1. What does “literacy” mean? (look it up online if you need to)

2. Do you think citizens should have to demonstrate or prove their literacy in order to vote? Why or why not?

3. Look at the attached file titled “Literacy Test” from the state of Louisiana.Do you think this test is fair? Explain why or why not.
​4. What law/act ended the practice of literacy tests in America? (you’ll have to look this up online)

iCivics Practice

In Do I Have A Right?, you’ll run your own firm of lawyers who specialize in constitutional law. You’ll need to decide whether potential clients “have a right,” and if so, match them with the right lawyer. The more clients you serve and the more cases you win, the faster your law firm will grow!

WRITE DOWN THE FOLLOWING IN YOUR WRITING FOLDER AS YOU PLAY: *Write down summaries of 5 amendments that you encountered throughout the game.

Task 4: Key Amendments and "Ageism"

Ageism is stereotyping and discriminating against individuals or groups on the basis of their age.
While originally used as a way to describe discrimination against older people, this term can be applied to children. For example, ignoring someone’s ideas just because they are a child can be considered a form of “ageism.”

Answer the questions below in your spiral:Which amendment in our Constitution matches most closely with the term “ageism?”
​Do you agree with this amendment? Why or why not? ​

After watching the video below in class, respond to the following questions with your partner.
1. Should age be the determining factor of when, or if, someone should be able to vote? Why or why not?2. Besides age, how else could we decide when, or if, someone should be able to vote?

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Know Your Rights Competition (class competition)

1. Each group will be given a list of selected Constitutional Amendments to refer to.
2. I will display a series of scenarios where someone’s constitutional rights are being violated.
3. For each scenario, you will have 3 minutes to figure out which constitutional amendment(s) are being violated.
4. Write a short explanation for at least ONE of the amendments being violated. Insome situations, multiple amendments are being violated. In others, none.

1- Write down the amendments being violated.
2-Write down a brief explanation for at least one amendment being violated.
3 and 4-Discuss your opinions with the rest of the table and come to a consensus.
ROTATE ROLES AFTER EACH SCENARIO.